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good morning, i'm anne mako. i'm phil matier. i'm mark kelly. there s a lot to talk about in our ne hour... good morning. thanks for joining us. >> there is a lot of news to get to in the next hour. last week dealing with ruling concealed carry, the right to carry a gun outside of your home. right now you have to prove a justifiable need. in some counties that is more difficult than others. the ruling faces a constitutional right that you shouldn't have to jump through so many hoops to do it. the deadline is running for
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those who are running for attorney general. she doesn't have opposition. she may not be the only democrat having an easier ride. that is creating tension in the democratic party. >> the plan to abolish homelessness, it's year 10. anyone that walks the streets knows there is a problem out there. what one san francisco supervisor wants to do to fix it. >> that is getting worse. >> let's start with a check of the weather forecast. raindrops overnight. a live look from the bay bridge cam. cooler temperatures. 45 concord. 47 livermore. 40 santa rosa. we will see more sunshine today than we saw yesterday in addition to the chilly temperatures. we have the possibility of more showers next week. it doesn't look like a real strong possibility at this point but we will fill you in
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in a few. muni service is back to normal after a man was hit and killed by a muni train in downtown san francisco. it happened after 2:30 yesterday afternoon in the tunnel near the powell street station. it's not clear how the man ended up on the tracks but homeless people sometimes try to retrieve belongings they have hidden in the rails. muni service was down three hours. three people were stabbed in a knife fight at buffalo bills brewery. officers were called after midnight after a report of a fight in the parking lot. when they got there, they found a man stabbed to death. minutes later two other victims showed up at a hospital. police are trying to piece together what happened. mother nature held off and did not rain all that much on the annual chinese new year parade last night. the streets of san francisco
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came alive with the year of the horse last night. more than 100,000 came to experience the one of a kind event. the tradition of the lunar new year dates back 5,000 years. the colorful floats, dragons have been entertaining the crowds since the mid1800s. those are the top stories this sunday morning. it was a shocker. the ninth circuit court of appeals struck down restrictions about carrying concealed weapons. >> the three judge panel ruled that california makes it too tough for people to carry a concealed gun. right now the state requires applicants to show good cause. it is up to county sheriff's or city police chiefs to okay permits basically on their own discretion. >> who better to judge what you need than you. >> different levels of carrying
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are different for different communities. no one knows the community better than local law enforcement. >> the next and final ruling could be coming from the u.s. supreme court. we will be joined by the sheriff from san francisco live in the studio to break it down. >> that's right. caltrans was busy explaining why water is leaking into critical areas in the new bay bridge and while engineers don't have a lot of answers, they are making one promise. >> we are seeing some water coming down on all four lines. >> reporter: the problem appears to be leaks in where the guardrails connect to the span. possibly the wiring conduits to the bridge light. whatever the case, water is dripping into the heart of the suspension span. >> something that we will address. >> reporter: the fear is that while it's not an immediate problem, on going wetness could lead to corrosion. they have to come up with a
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solution. how much? >> we haven't figured it out yet. that is another thing that as we experience more wind and rain, we will learn things about the bridge. >> they don't know where it's coming in, how quick it will take to resolve. the water won't be left in there. even if it takes more than one winter season to button this up, the water will get mopped out, pumped out before it can do damage. >> this is the latest glitch in the new bridge. remember we are looking at the bolt situation there, spending $10 million to examine whether the bolts are detech five -- defective on the bridge and have done $25 million of repairs on bolts injured. this comes on top of a bridge that is the most expensive in the world. so, caltrans has its work cut out. the next couple of rain storms we will see it. >> it's disturbing after all the money spent on this and time spent on this and then it seems like it's one thing after another. what is next? >> it could take a couple of
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years to do a full shake down on the bridge to find out what is going on. >> it's supposed to last 150 years? >> we will see. the bart strike last year is the subject of a new investigation figuring out how things could have gotten so bad. bart's board of directors launched the inquiry. $225,000 to hope to find out why labor negotiations failed leading to the two strikes with a major contract dispute that we all lived through. the board is planning on hiring a consultant. what do you think went wrong. >> this is a political move. you have an outsider take a look because bart management dropped the ball. the unions and bart management couldn't agree and we had the major snafu with home leave added to the contract to have it all revoted. everything went wrong. >> you have it figured out. 250 grand coming to you now. >> no, i have a lot of stories
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in the future as we continue to take a look at this. coming up, popular fundraiser site kick starter put you on emergency notice. what may have been compromised. >> the intense preparations ahead of a bay area visit by the dalai lama himself. >> on "face the nation," michael sam the gay football player and the nfl draft prospect. what does it mean for the league. heads up "kickstarter",,,,,,
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are we going to here. next weekend a visit by the daily lamb my. volunteers are busy with cleanup, fix up and painting. the dalai lama's visit is part of the north american teaching and lecture to your and personal significance for a lot of recent immigrants. >> we don't have our own country. we can still have our hope and the dalai lama gives speech he was and hope that one day we will get our country back. >> last month 3,000 people stood in line for tickets to attend the dalai lama's talk on achieving happiness at the berkeley community theater a week from tomorrow. $330 million powerball jackpot is still up for grabs. here are the numbers: several people hit five of the six numbers but nobody in california. this means at least $400 million are on the line for wednesday night's drawing.
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this past week backers of gun rights won an unexpected victory. they struck down a california law that restricts the carrying of concealed weapons. the issue is far from settled. it will probably face more challenges. joining me is san francisco county sheriff. california law allows for the carrying of concealed weapons but you need a permit from the sheriff or the police chief, correct. >> correct. >> you have to show that you have taken a class and know how to use a gun, right? >> in san francisco, 16 hours of training for range qualification. >> what other needs? >> for san francisco city and county, our laws are a little more expanded than other counties in the state but good cause, good moral character, suit ability and the totality of the circumstances that the sheriff or the police chief have to take into consideration. >> it varies from county to county. >> it does. >> what is the definition in
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this legal issue about good cause. you have to in some counties you can go in, if you have taken the class and you don't have criminal problems you are issued the concealed weapons permit. in others you have to explain and get the sheriff's permission. >> it has to be with the case that you present. in san francisco, it's a pretty rigorous application. we don't get many applications for ccw, carry concealed weapons permits. but for good cause, for example, there is five prongs that we have risk, danger and your immediate jeopardy of -- jeopardy which gives us the impression that law enforcement can't help you and you must get a weapon. >> why is that a requirement? >> for gun control advocates and those who want to regulate, the unfettered issuing of concealed carry permits, this gives law enforcement officials an important filter. >> but in counties where it is
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unfettered and you can just walk in and get it, why is one allowed to do it and another not. why isn't it universal. >> this all seemed to emanate in san diego when it was a 2-1 decision? san diego which will escalate to the high court to referee exactly why there is not unform county to county and could strike the good cause altogether. >> why should the sheriff or police chief be the one who decides this. if the second amendment is a right in the constitution, i am arguing that side. you can have a gun in your house, you can have a gun in your car, why should it be up to the sheriff who gives it to his political allies or friends we have seen history of that, not others, why should they be the ones to decide. >> for san francisco i don't see a history of that. i have not issued a ccw and the few applications that come to
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us, very few, almost rare have been denied or they have withdrawn from the rigorous application process. >> why do you deny them. >> well, it depends on the circumstances. they have to go through a background investigation, whether good cause remains intact or not is part of the law to be challenged. >> what would you determine, if we are not giving them out, what is good cause. if someone said i want this for my business, carrying money, is that not good cause. >> it could be. it has to be part and parcel to all the other elements that the sheriff or police chief have to consider in the totality of us determining. not uncommon that that could be challenged in the court by the applicant as an appeal process. appeals are allowed. >> we have one second to go. >> if this is struck down and people come in with their training and their application and you have to hand it out, what do you think the effect will be. >> from drought to flood. >> okay. thank you very much for joining us.
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we will see how this goes. it goes up for review again and eventually the supreme court. it's an issue going nationwide. >> it could change everything quite dramatically nationally. >> thank you. the weather forecast today, it will be a lot sunnier around the bay area. it will be nice tomorrow. president's day, a lot of folks have a three-day weekend this week. possibility of showers coming late tuesday, tuesday night. but the possibility is not that great. we will keep our eye on that. these are your highs for today. upper 50s, up to the mid-60s in some spots. under the sunny skies. the seven day outlook, after sunshine over the next two days, there you can see the chance of rain on tuesday, but that is the only chance of rain unfortunately for the entire week. you can see a slight warm up moving into next weekend. san francisco's long term plan to reduce the number of homeless people will reach a 10- year milestone this year.
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city leaders dissecting what worked and what failed at reducing homelessness. >> one program nicknamed hot has risen to the top of the list. >> reporter: hot stands for homeless outreach team. the workers are the men and women on the front lines 24-7 getting homeless off the street and in permanent housing with health care. for the outreach team the struggles of life on the streets are familiar. many were once homeless themselves. >> when we have people on the team that can realty to that. i have been through this. i know what it's like. >> reporter: he helped launch the program in 2004. under san francisco's 10-year plan to abolish homelessness. over the years, hot has seen tremendous accomplishments, such as getting 1700 homeless a place of their own and helping more than 700 access social security benefits and medical. >> from a safety perspective, we have to work hard at having
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everyone of our citizens into safe and dignified settings. >> reporter: there is more work ahead. in 2013, more than 6,000 homeless in the city. mark farrell says san francisco must in the next decade do even more. we have done a ton but it is a stubborn and persistent issue. we need to continue to address it. >> reporter: feral offered legislation to double the outreach team. >> 3,000 individuals sleeping on the streets any given night and we have two to four people out trying to reach them to grab them and help them. that is not enough. >> i would certainly say that we need more resources and doubling the team is a great step in that direction. >> reporter: beefing up the homeless outreach team is no silver bullet but it is one way to extend a strong helping hand. >> we want to help these individuals. we need to go to where they are. >> this is the time to make a
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bigger push. >> so, farrell expects the legislation to get into committee in about a month and go to the full board for a vote by mid- to late march. we will be back after this.
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hike. nat["every worker, every biz will be lifted up because oe work we're starting here."] the current minimum wage is welcome back. workers in oakland are fighting for a minimum wage pay hike. >> every business, every worker and everyone in our city will be lifted up because of the work we are starting here. >> the current minimum wage is
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$8. workers are asking for 12.25 an hour. a group called lift up oakland is gathering signatures to get the wage hike on the november ballot. >> living paycheck to paycheck. if i get fired i won't be out in the street at the end of the month. >> having security. >> still workers must gather 35,000 signatures by the end of may in order for the initiative to make the november ballot. governor brown bumped the state minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2016. that is amid growing concern from the business community higher pay could mean fewer jobs and higher prices. there are contentions behind the scenes in the democratic party. democrats hold almost all of the state's high-powered offices from a super majority in the legislature to the governor's office to diane feinstein, barbara boxer and nancy pelosi.
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>> in general, it's a very blue state and it's getting bluer. >> it's hard in california with the union money to fight that machine. >> democrats in general is that people like jerry brown, gavin knew some and nancy pelosi aren't going anywhere either so it is like a game of chess, a log jam preventing new democratic talent from coming forward. >> where do all the republicans go. >> that's why we sat down and asked and they say some of it boils down to money. >> how crazy is it in a state this big that the attorney general has clear sailing without any republican opposition. she is not alone. lieutenant governor, treasurer, controller, republicans mia. is that good for the voters? >> wait. let me tell you why they are mia at the moment.
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we have moved away from party preference to candidate preference without reference to party. that was a crazy idea. the republicans pushed it thinking it would help them and it has harmed them. they overplayed their hand. >> a couple of other things at play as well. republicans can't match the democratic machine as far as money from labor and the consistency from the vote. they usually ask their candidates to sell finance because they don't have any money. >> you get neil on the republican side, meg whitman, arnold schwarzenegger. the democrats are smart. carlos banked 3 million bucks to keep anyone else out. jerry brown $17 million. how can a republican come up and make a play. >> i maintain that the democrats have got to be careful because they will simply become the issue as
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labor in san diego. labor became the issue in los angeles and he is smart enough that he will play the game appropriately and if democrats allow themselves to become the money bags, if democrats allow themselves to become the conservative and the indifferent to the masses, if democrats don't champion things like immigration, they will be in trouble ultimately. >> they do champion things like immigration. isn't the question -- >> not aggressively. they don't make it the calling card. mr. obama is in california during the course of the last week. it was not immigration. it was water. >> question, with the absence of republicans and these offices opening up, is this going to lead to more democrat fights and more vicious infighting. >> there is a danger for democrats. if it looks like one party rule, if they start getting lazy about the message, their campaign, they could be in for trouble and we have seen it at
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some of the local levels. >> democrats are going to be able to understand that the way they can win against the left wing of their party is to become the person who gets the republican vote as well as the moderate democratic vote and they end up winning. >> interesting point by the mayor there. in california's open primary, not just one party against the other. you can have two democrats running in the final stretch. so, the new play might be while the republicans can't win the race, those voters can be the deciding factors and push for a more moderate democrat to come out of the race. >> the money factor is interesting. we heard time and time again that the democratic party is ruled by the labor unions controlling the purse strings. >> we will have a sit down next segment and talk about that. recently in san diego, the democrat lost to the republican even in a heavily democratic area because they made it an
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issue that he was getting all his money from the unions that wanted pension control and contracts. >> republicans need money. >> don't we all. >> we have a lot coming up in the next half hour. also a bizarre story. newlyweds arrested for luring and killing a man they met through craigslist. the other heinous crime the wife is admitting to. ,,,,,, [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits.
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morning. the time is _ _ _. good morning, i'm phil mati. i'm anne makovec. a lot to k about in the next half-hour. (chat about stories, upcomi guests) (anne teases security guard shooting) (phil teases death penalty ) welcome back. we know oakland is money for having a high crime rate. things got bad last week. we had a security guard shooting, a burglar. wild west factor going on in oakland. we have a council member live in studio to talk about what is going on and what to do next. >> three former california governors have gotten together and are baking a initiative to reform the death penalty and speed it up. a look at why people are opposed to that and governor jerry brown and his high-speed rail plan which is taking a hit
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from an unexpected ally. >> saving for retirement is something that a lot of people don't put a lot of thought into until it's too late. there is momentum growing in california and nationally to launch a new program that will make it easy for workers to save. we will break that down. first, mark? mill valley soaked up the much needed rain. a quarter inch fell there. auto made rain gauges picked up an inch in mount tam. a much drier picture out there this morning. take a look outside. this is san jose. you see the new stadium and the airport in the foreground. it's dry, clear and sunnier today than yesterday. right now oakland 49. san francisco 49. san jose 51. here is what we can expect. here is the headlines for the day. chilly start for some this sunday morning. more sunshine today than we saw yesterday but showers are possible as we head into the workweek. we will tell you more about
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that in the seven-day forecast. muni service is back to normal after a man was hit and killed by a muni train in downtown san francisco. it happened just after 2:30 yesterday afternoon in the tunnel near the powell street station. it's not clear how the man ended up on the tracks but muni says it's not unusual for homeless people to try to retrieve belongings they have hidden on the rails. >> people in the wintertime when it's cooler spend more time in the stations and bring belongings with them and leave them in places including sometimes under the track way. >> the service delay was inconvenient because of traffic for the chinese new year parade. in los angeles, a pair of sneakers turns out to be the motive for an attack. a ucla student was walking near campus early saturday morning when two teenage boys grabbed him, punched him in the head
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and face. they took his high-end athletic shoes and ran away. police are urging students to be aware of their surroundings. that is a look at the top stories. back to you ann and phil. >> the death penalty conversation is being resurrected in california. there are more than 700 people on death row. the state hasn't executed an inmate in seven years. >> a former of governors democrat and republican lead a new push to resume executions. allen martin has more. >> hopefully this time we will correct some of the problems that are causing all of these long delays. >> with that, three former california governors threw their support behind a plan to resuscitate the death penalty in california. >> all three governors believe strongly there should be a death penalty for the most heinous crimes in the state. the people endorse that view two years ago. >> reporter: former governors are asking voters to support a ballot initiative they say would speed up the state's
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lengthy and costly process for capital punishment. >> old age should not be the leading cause of death on death row. jerry brown has been relatively quiet on the issue. in 2012, he didn't publicly support proposition 34 until he actually voted for it on election day. >> 48% of californias voted top replace the death penalty. >> reporter: while that repeal was defeated, death penalty opponents see it as part of a tide turning against capital punishment. >> two days ago the governor of washington announced the formal more tore rum on executions joining the governor of colorado and oregon. this issuetive is on the -- initiative is on the wrong side
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of history. >> we are trying to reform the system. >> it will cause more delays and cost more money. >> reporter: allen martin, kpix 5. >> proponents would cut the cost by among other things setting deadlines for deciding death row appeals. since 1992, 13 inmates have been executed after spending an average of 17 1/2 years on death row. that is very costly. >> it is, about $178 million a year. now, it's not just the appeals but death row which is acknowledged and needs to be replaced. that is costing a lot of money. in the last campaign against the death penalty, the opponents stressed heavily how much it's costing and the fact that it's not working. these governors are saying let's change it, make it more efficient. they are taking the opponent's arguments saying if those are your concerns we will change them and make it whether you support the death penalty or not. that is split 48-52 said they do. >> a lot is coming from the appeals process. that will be difficult to
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change. at what point are you cutting somebody's right to an anticipate appeal of whether -- appeal of whether they should be put to death. >> another round of debate on the death penalty. it will be interesting to see, especially with this group behind it. >> governor brown won a partial victory in court after high- speed rail. an appeals court will hear an expedited review of two earlier rulings. the earlier ones have thrown funding into limbo. now whether planners are acting within the terms of the 2008 voter approved initiative. it said that full funding must be identified before construction starts. and since the cost to the project has ballooned, that has not happened yet. separately this was interesting, separately lieutenant governor gavin newsom no longer supports the project. were you surprised to hear that. >> he was talking on a radio talk show in seattle. he said, look, i think the money could be better used for
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other infrastructure needs, other railroad projects. what you are hearing is i am saying publicly what my fellow democrats are saying privately but they don't want to go against the ghost nor. that will be interesting because the costs have doubled to about $60 billion plus and there is questions about whether the money will come from washington. so, it will get very interesting. >> very difficult for a politician of that level to admit that he might have been wrong in supporting it in the first place. >> that is newsom for you. it's difficult to buck the governor but that is newsom as well. a visit by president obama concluded with cash commitments to ease the state's drought. >> california is the biggest economy. california is our biggest agricultural producer. so, what happens here matters to every working american right down to the cost of food that you put on your table. >> be friday in fresno, the
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president pledged millions in federal disaster aid. 100 million toward livestock. millions more would go to conservation programs and help communities that could run out of water. >> so, the question is, why are the rationing, why is it voluntary and not mandatory. >> two reasons. one politics. when you are telling people to ration water, it gets tricky, especially when you tell farmers who might have their own wells. the second reason is, rationing costs money. investigate santa clara, when they ask people to cut 10% off, that could cost them $20 million because you are not paying for water then. they are paying all those people that work for the water systems and all of the equipment. >> then they raise rates which we saw a few years back. >> that is one of the reasons why you tell them they don't have to do it. still keep it voluntary -- keep
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an argument about loud rap music. old michael dunn w welcome back. a florida man has been found guilty for attempted murder for shooting at a group of teenagers about loud rap music. michael dunn was convicted on four counts but the jury could not agree on first-degree murder. dunn claimed he academy in self- defense when he fired ten shots in an s.u.v. a 17-year-old boy was killed. now prosecutors say they will seek a retrial on the murder charge. here is a story out of a horror flick. police are investigating claims that a pennsylvania woman killed more than 20 people because she is part of a satanic cult. the case unraveled when she said she killed a man she met on craigslist in self-defense. police believe she and her husband just wanted to kill someone together. the victim was stabbed more than 20 times. her husband of three weeks said his bride is innocent. >> i do not believe that this was malicious whatsoever. i believe that she was
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attacked. under those circumstances she took the necessary measures to defend herself. >> according to police, the husband choked the victim while the wife repeatedly stabbed him. investigators are looking for the other 19 victims who may have fallen prey to the newlywed couple. you may have heard of the case of the private security guard that shot a burglary suspect in oakland. the guard said he was chasing the suspect when he threatened the guard with a crew driver and the guard shot him in the leg. a neighborhood group hired the guard to patrol the streets after a rash of burglaries. police say it was self-defense and the guard did have the right to shoot. we are following an incident of the -- it brings in the whole question of private security firms, a growing trend in oakland. questions about what impact this has on the oakland police department, on getting new police and how voters feel about this. joining us is oakland city
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councilwoman livy schatz. what is driving residents to hire outside security firms. >> people are extremely frustrated with the level of public safety that they are getting from the city. it's natural that they are looking to private resources to supplement the shrinking police force. >> auto burglaries have gone up, auto thefts have gone up, robberies have gone up. these people, they band together, they pay sometimes $30 a month for this service. the question is, first of all, are you concerned? do you see it as a good thing or a bad thing. >> i think it's horrible that people are not getting the level of safety that they need from the city. i appreciate people banding together, digging in their own pockets to make the neighborhoods safer. >> aren't we creating a two- tier system, if you have the money, you get your property and neighborhood protected and somebody else isn't? they are dealing with an understaffed police force. >> lots of people are raising that concern. but frankly the neighborhoods
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in oakland have much more in common than they have apart. they all want more safety. they are concerned they are not getting the fair share. private security patrols are not a substitute for a police force. they are a preventative measure, designed to create an atmosphere where property crime is not going to occur. we need the police to focus on that violent crime. >> that may be the case, but if i am a homeowner in one of these neighborhoods and i am paying $30 a month for a security guard to patrol my area and you come to me and say we need an extra tax, let's say $98 a year would be the bill to hire more police, i'm already paying 30 and getting mine, why should i vote for yours at $98 more. >> oakland has a public safety tax in place for 10 years. it's about to expire. there are efforts underway to
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try and renew something to continue a level of public safety. >> will it not make it harder to sell. >> i think we will have a hard time selling it. people are frustrated. they don't feel like they have got their money worth. we need to make the case that we will use the money in a smart and strategic way that is focused and drive real results. >> will we pick up reports from oakland that say they have new cadet classes coming in, that the staffing is being -- increasing. is it or still falling off to attrition and people leaving the department. >> it's frustrating as a council member. we looked in every corner and allocated money to grow the police force. but the hiring plan is not yielding the results. we are 51 officers behind the budgeted strength. finally the staff is recognizing that they need to have backup plans. they need to play catch up and they are doing that by contracting for some seats in
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the sheriffs academy that that academy will run at the same time as the opd academy and hopefully catch us up in the numbers. >> in some ways oakland is out hiring people to come in outside and do the same thing. >> these will be opd trained officers. we are using another academy so that we can do two classes at the same time, play some catch up. >> we will see what happens. this is interesting. a growing trend. thank you. all right. mark, back to you. >> thank you, phil. let's take a look at the sunday morning forecast. here is a live picture at sfo. if you got a bit of rain overnight it's out of there. it's clear this morning in the bay area. here is the headlines today. here is what to expect. more sunshine today than yesterday which was cloudy for most of the area. nice tomorrow for president's day. dry and sunny. but we do have possible showers moving in late tuesday. we will tell you more about that. here is our temperatures right
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now. 64 in redwood city. oakland 64. santa rosa 62 and fire field 63. so -- fairfield 63. in the seven-day forecast, clear. more sunshine today than yesterday. monday, tomorrow is president's day. then tuesday we have a slight chance of rain but only for a portion of our viewing area. the viewers more in the northern part of the bay area could see that slight chance of rain come tuesday. >> you caught a few raindrops at the parade last night. >> i did. it was a great parade. >> not being able to retire in your golden years can be a scary thought. the reality is that millions of californias aren't saving enough to retire comfortably in the future. >> president obama weighed in on the national crisis. there is a solution in california that advocates say will generally nudge more people to save up. >> sweet woodruff is in the same boat as a lot of mall businesses. a 1 -- small businesses. a 12 person staff with many employees that feel retirement
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is light-years away. >> 98% are not thinking about it. >> aaron is head chef, a small restaurant. he can't offer a 401(k) or pension but he loves the idea of helping the staff start saving for retirement. a new state program could be just the nudge his staff needs. >> it's called secure choice. it woman date private businesses with more than five employees to automatically take money out of the employees paycheck and put it into a retirement fund. employees can opt out but the program nudges the 6.3 million californians without a 401(k) or pension to start saving today. >> i had a savings account at work that came out before i saw the money, that would be great. >> but this professor from the university of san francisco says not so fast. he wrote a book on the recent financial crisis and raises a few concerns about secure choice which include the new program being state run and
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considered a sure fire fix for the retirement crisis. >> i just worry that a lot of these people that don't have extra retirement now don't have enough extra money to save anyway. so, the problem isn't where to save. it's more they don't have the money to save. >> aaron admits he is in the boat and needs every bit. but he teaches savings whether secured choice or just savings account at a bank always means starting small. >> i would say if you can avoid that night to have five beers r but the five beers that month in a retirement package. it will be better for you and the beer is not good for you anyway. >> in san francisco, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> easier said than done. only 45% of private sector workers have an em lowered sponsored package. it is expected to have a genuine shot of passing during
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this passage. >> there has to be away to have the beers and the savings. we heard the warnings about drinking too much soda. one lawmaker wants to make sure that everyone that touches a bottle gets the message loud and clear. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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now a state senator from the central coast wants warning we have seen them on booze and cigarettes. >> another a senator wants warning labels on sugar sweetened beverages. bill moning wants a warning label on ever can and dispensers that warnings about the dangers of obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. >> i don't think it will matter. >> it's hard to break the cycle of change. >> according to a study by the people behind the bill, kids drinking one soda a day increases their chances of obesity by 55% and dying from a heart attack later in life by 30%. there is a heightened risk of developing type 2 diabetes. >> we asked viewers on our
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facebook page if we thought -- they thought warning labels were necessary. april says it's personal accountability. tristan says absolutely. >> everything is not good for you for some -- >> labels will get crowded. >> then the level of personal responsibility that people know what is good and what is bad. >> he is trying to start a conversation about this. he succeeded at that, even if the bill never passes. they have a lot of fish to fry up there. >> they like these bills. a lot of debate and a lot of controversy and press attention which is good. speaking of press attention, there was major upset in the san diego mayor's race when republican kevin faulkner won hands down. >> he beat david alvarez backed by the employee union. >> this is not the first time
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it happened. los angeles had a candidate backed by the union go down in flames. political insiders say this is something that we could see as a new trend statewide. >> what they had in common was a huge expenditure of money by organized labor. labor took a hard hit because for the second time in a row, independent expenditures by organized labor became the issue. >> how much did they spend. >> $4 million this is a case where they may have overplayed their hand once again talking about rolling back pension reform. republicans only hold a third of the votes in the whole state and they hold half of the mayoral positions. what does that tell you that local positions, the voters are voting with their pocketbook. they want conservative guys. >> organized labor took a hit in san diego and los angeles. they spent big in that race for wendy grill and she lost as well. what is going on.
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>> in every case, the expenditure became the issue. they have to be matterrer and cleverer when they do their number. they cannot allow themselves to become the debate. >> when you get these headlines that talk about huge pension payouts as in san mateo where the city manager went out with 500,000 dollars, voters are paying attention. >> work pensions and public employees cloud an issue in san diego and los angeles. >> very significant in each of those particular places except it was still how much money was actually spent. labor became the special interest money. no longer did you think of the banks and real estate people and lawyers and doctors. >> what can it mean statewide in the bay area. >> democrats have to be worried because the republicans got their ground game together in that race and the central valley. they put it together and it looks like they are starting to get the republican game plan
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going on the local level. >> interestingly enough, they are not being antilabor in the process. they are making labor out to be the same kind of bad guys that people who make contributions in campaigns always are. >> we know it's about the money. how quickly could this trend. we have been talking about how democrats have taken over the state offices. how do you break that sort of hold. >> it will be interesting to see. we have races in the bay area that are challenging that and probably make it an issue between two democrats. we will take a look at them as they progress. >> we will be right back. ,, [ man ] i don't know if this is gonna be a first or second, but this is gonna be a medal! [ man #2 ] and it looks like we could have another one of those photos!
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from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: today on "face the nation." gays in sports, republican leaders versus the tea party. and is there no end to this weather. 1.2 million people were left in the dark by the storm that caught 100 million people in its icy grip. we'll go to north carol governor for latest there. we'll talk with marshal shepard of the american meteorological society about the causes for these weather extremes. indoors congress raised the nation's debt limit and near record times, before the bad weather hit. but tea party types were outraged. we'll ask their champion former senator jim demint of the heri

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